Notes

Stay back at the end of the day and review your notes and xrays. You owe it to the patient and yourself to have good notes and not miss anything diagnostically. Always ask yourself: "if this was taken to court, would it be defensible?" Professionally written notes are important as someone reading back on them can question your level of knowledge etc. Everything needs to be in writing or it didn't happen. If you got correspondence from the patient's GP, then that needs to be in writing in a formal letter from them. But don't get that during their work hours, you can send off an email and they will reply at the end of their day (as you can be disturbing their daily schedule)